YOUTUBE INSIGHTS

QUARTERLY STATS, TRENDS AND INSIGHTS ON VIDEO FROM YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE

ISSUE ONE JULY 2013

INSIDE THIS ISSUE...

AUDIENCE GEN C ON ALL SCREENS PARTICIPATION ENGAGE WITH CONTENT

YouTube reaches more US ADULTS AGED 18-34 than any cable network

There are now 317 CHANNELS with more than 1 million subscribers

EXPRESSION LEARN FROM THE BEST

IMPACT MOVE PEOPLE

DOVE racked up 163 million global views for its new campaign

Find out how YouTube could help you achieve 1-3% sales lift at no additional cost

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Audience: Gen C on all screens

A powerful new force in culture and commerce, Gen C turns to YouTube for both information and entertainment, using multiple devices to watch videos whenever and wherever they want

We call them GEN C because they thrive on CONNECTION, COMMUNITY, CREATION and CURATION
CONNECTION 50% talk to friends after watching a video and 38% share videos on an additional social network after watching them on YouTube. CREATION 65% have uploaded a video they shot, and 25% upload videos every week. COMMUNITY 55% are connected to 100 or more people through social sites, while 15% are connected to 500 or more. CURATION 90% say they cant keep content they nd online to themselves.

All the above statistics are US-based results and drawn from Gen C YouTube Audience Study (Google / IPSOS / NowWhat) Additional insights are drawn from Google+ Consumer Insights Lab Generation C Study (Google/Sterling, 2013)

GEN C is a powerful new force in CULTURE and COMMERCE, inuencing

of spend
(Barkley, 2012)

Gen C spans MULTIPLE GENERATIONS. GEN C is a true STATE OF MIND

(Gen C YouTube Audience Study, Google / IPSOS / NowWhat, March 2013)

YOUTUBE PASSED A MAJOR MILESTONE IN MARCH, WITH MORE THAN

UNIQUE USERS ON THE SITE EACH MONTH GLOBALLY

(YouTube data) US insights unless otherwise stated

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Audience: Gen C on all screens

YouTube tops all cable networks in the US in reaching

18-34
YEAR OLDS
Sep 2012 YOUTUBE AOL

55% 50% 46% 44% 40% 40% 35% 33%

YOUTUBE

TBS

FX

COMEDY CENTRAL

AMC

MTV

E!

ESPN

(Nielsen, March 2013)

Viewers spend more time watching videos on YouTube than on the other top ve online video players combined
Jun 2013 Dec 2012 Mar 2013

Minutes watched
Facebook VEVO Yahoo! Hulu

(comScore VideoMetrix, June 2013)

VIEWERS ARE WATCHING VIDEOS ON ALL SCREENS, ALL OVER THE WORLD
MOBILE YOUTUBE WATCH TIME BY COUNTRY PER MINUTE
US 40% UK 40% Australia 40% Japan 50% Korea 60%
(YouTube data, March 2013)

25 1.5

Globally

of YouTubes total watch time is on mobile devices

(March 2013)

BN HOURS

of video are watched on YouTube every month on mobile devices (May 2013)
(YouTube data, March 2013)

WHEN AND HOW ARE VIDEOS WATCHED?

YOUTUBE USAGE ON SMARTPHONES MIRRORS DESKTOP USAGE, ALMOST 24/7 Weekdays Weekends

(Nielsen Mobile NetView & NetView panels, December 2012, age 18-34) US insights unless otherwise stated

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Participation: Engage with content

Content on YouTube achieved new heights in the last few months. Several channels passed the one million subscribers mark, brands reached hundreds of millions of customers with authentic videos, and PSY stormed the charts with his latest mega-hit success

...there are now

YOUTUBE CHANNELS PASSED 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS in the rst half of 2013

CHANNELS with more than 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

(YouTube data, June 2013)

TOP YOUTUBE CHANNELS (NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS)

10.9 million 9.7 million 9.6 million 9.4 million

9.1 million

9.0 million 8.3 million 8.3 million 7.5 million 7.1 million

SMOSH

JENNA MARBLES

PEWDIEPIE

RAY WILLIAM JOHNSON

NIGAHIGA

RIHANNA VEVO

HOLA SOY GERMAN

MACHINIMA

ONE YOUTUBE SPOTLIGHT DIRECTION VEVO

(OpenSlate, openslatestudios.com, as of 30 June 2013)

A few highlights from channels with ONE MILLION+ SUBSCRIBERS in June 2013. In alphabetical order:
1.24 million 1.59 million 1.19 million 2.79 million 1.23 million 1.62 million 2.76 million 1.39 million

CUTE GIRLS HAIRSTYLES

LIFESTYLE

DAILYGRACE
LIFESTYLE

ESPN
SPORTS

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE

KHAN ACADEMY
EDUCATION

MINUTEPHYSICS
EDUCATION

VICE
NEWS

WALK OFF THE EARTH

MUSIC

ENTERTAINMENT

YouTube data unless otherwise stated / US insights unless otherwise stated

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Participation: Engage with content

From soft drinks to sports to cosmetics to technology, the following represents the most popular brand channels and videos on YouTube

TOP YOUTUBE BRAND CHANNELS (NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS)

2.5 million 1.7 million 1.3 million 930,000 680,000 620,000 580,000 550,000 365,000 350,000

RED BULL

GOOGLE

APPLE

GOPRO CAMERA

NIKE FOOTBALL

PEPSI

DCSHOES FILM

GOOGLE CHROME

OLDSPICE

GOOGLE DEV.

(OpenSlate, openslatestudios.com, as of 30 June, 2013) Does not include any entertainment brands.

YOUTUBE CANNES ADS LEADERBOARD (VIEWS*)

112,898,329 104,523,823 48,950,024 36,972,100 36,252,025 32,866,998 28,564,830 24,126,323 19,991,693 17,728,644

DOVE
REAL BEAUTY SKETCHES

TURKISH AIRLINES
LEGENDS ON BOARD

EVIAN
BABY & ME

ACTIVISION PEPSI MAX MICROSOFT

SURPRISE CALL OF DUTY 4 TEST DRIVE CHILD OF THE 90S

SONY
PLAYSTATION 4

PEPSI MAX
UNCLE DREW

GOPRO
HERO 3

GOOGLE
GO GOOGLE

The YouTube Ads Leaderboard is published monthly at http://www.google.com/think/adsleaderboard Junes results are available at http://www.google.com/think/articles/youtube-leaderboard-jun13.html
*The Cannes Ads Leaderboard was determined by applying the Leaderboard algorithm (factoring in paid views, organic views and audience retention) to the Cannes submission period. These are the top 10 ranked by views as of 20 May, 2013

KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH WHATS HOT AT YOUTUBETRENDS.BLOGSPOT.COM

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY/JUNE

February belonged to the Harlem Shake and brands got in on the act, racking up millions of views. Pepsi (6.6 million) Red Bull (5.9 million) Topshop (1.4 million)

Goats took over YouTube in March as the most searched-for animal even beating out those ubiquitous cats and dogs for a period.

PSY continued his mega-hit success in April when Gentleman reached 100 million views in just four days (currently 400million+ views and counting).

The YouTube Trends Map launched in May, showing the most popular videos in major markets across the US.

YouTube data unless otherwise stated / US insights unless otherwise stated

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Expression: Learn from the best

Dove topped the YouTube Ads Leaderboards Cannes edition, but how did they do it? And how do other brands make the most of YouTubes potential?

Understand your audience and provide them with AUTHENTIC CONTENT and they wont just watch your advertising theyll share it.
talk to a friend after watching a video
(Gen C YouTube Audience Study, Google / IPSOS / NowWhat)

CAMPAIGN FOR REAL BEAUTY

DOVE

(UNILEVER)

Creative Agency: Ogilvy Brazil Media Agency: PHD

of Gen C say that content gives them and their friends things to get together and talk about
(Gen C YouTube Audience Study, Google / IPSOS / NowWhat)

A MOMENTARY LAPSE

INTEL

Creative Agency: Katalyst Media Media Agency: OMD

INTEL launched a FIVE-MONTH SERIES of timelapse photography and slow-motion videography contests on YouTube, encouraging its customers to submit their own photos and videos. With its keen focus on encouraging participation, the campaign saw the HIGHEST CONVERSION RATE from ad to response, and the campaign received more than twice the number of expected video submissions.
http://www.google.com/think/case-studies/intel-momentary-lapse.html

DOVES mission is to turn beauty into a source of condence, not anxiety. Through research, Dove found out that only 4% of women globally consider themselves beautiful and 54% agree that when it comes to how they look, they are their own worst beauty critic. In 2013, Dove conducted a compelling social experiment to bring this research to life. To express its message and build brand love it produced a three-minute video, Dove Real Beauty Sketches, about how women view themselves. With the support of TrueView, YouTube homepage masthead and search ads, Dove launched its video in 25 languages across 46 Dove YouTube channels, creating one of the mostwatched ads ever, with 163 MILLION GLOBAL VIEWS. Dove encouraged participation and sharing through its YouTube brand channels, Google+ Hangouts and Google+ page, to promote a moving video that not only topped the Cannes YouTube Ads Leaderboard, but also won the Titanium Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

http://www.google.com/think/case-studies/dove-real-beauty-sketches.html

US insights unless otherwise stated

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Impact: Move people

What does all this mean for you? Marketers can achieve 1-3% sales lift at no additional cost by spending an average of 5% of their media budget on YouTube, according to media mix models run by MarketShare in partnership with Google VIDEO GROWTH is not only happening on YOUTUBE but across the web on OTHER PUBLISHING SITES.
more video in-stream ads on publisher sites year-on-year. Top growth publisher verticals are COMPUTER and ELECTRONICS, NEWS and SPORTS of video ads are from AUTOMOTIVE, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY and CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS (CPG) verticals
(DoubleClick, April 2013)

THE MEDIA MIX MODEL takes into account the impact of earned and owned media, in addition to paid media in generating sales impact

TOWARD THE SOUNDS OF CHAOS

US MARINE CORPS
Creative Agency: JWT Media Agency: Mindshare

Across FOUR VERTICALS, spending an average of 5% OF MEDIA BUDGET on YOUTUBE helps achieve 1-3% SALES LIFT at no additional cost
RECOMMENDED SHARE OF YOUTUBE IN MEDIA MIX INCREASE IN SALES

In MARCH 2012, the US MARINE CORPS launched a major awareness campaign targeted at young men, titled TOWARD THE SOUNDS OF CHAOS. Partnering with Mindshare and JWT, their goal was to demonstrate the Marine Corps bravery, commitment and leadership, while reaching their audience in an impactful way. In just 48 hours, YOUTUBE users engaged with the Marine Corps video experience OVER 128 MILLION TIMES a bigger audience than this years Super Bowl, at a fraction of the cost.
http://www.google.com/think/case-studies/marines-case-study.html

CREDIT CARDS AUTO INSURANCE HANDSET: OEM AUTO: MODELBRAND

4% 3% 13% 8%

3% 2% 1% 1%

(A media mix model run by MarketShare, in association with Google, from Feb 2009 to Sep 2012) US insights unless otherwise stated

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Useful links
Need to know more? Follow the links below...

PAGE 4 Top Channels

http://openslatestudios.com

PAGE 5 YouTube Cannes Ads Leaderboard

http://www.google.com/think/articles/youtube-leaderboard-cannes13.html

Smosh
http://www.youtube.com/user/smosh

YouTube Ads Leaderboard - June 2013

http://www.google.com/think/articles/youtube-leaderboard-jun13.html

Jenna Marbles
http://www.youtube.com/user/JennaMarbles

YOUTUBE TRENDS CALENDAR

PewDiePie
http://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie

YouTube Trends Blogspot

http://youtube-trends.blogspot.com

Ray William Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson

YouTube Trends Map

http://www.youtube.com/trendsmap

Nigahiga
http://www.youtube.com/user/nigahiga

Rihanna VEVO
http://www.youtube.com/user/RihannaVEVO

PAGE 6 Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

http://www.google.com/think/case-studies/dove-real-beauty-sketches.html

Hola Soy German

http://www.youtube.com/user/HolaSoyGerman

Intel A Momentary Lapse

http://www.google.com/think/case-studies/intel-momentary-lapse.html

Machinima
http://www.youtube.com/user/machinima

YouTube Spotlight
http://www.youtube.com/user/YouTube

PAGE 7 US Marine Corps Toward the Sounds of Chaos

http://www.google.com/think/case-studies/marines-case-study.html

One Direction VEVO

http://www.youtube.com/user/OneDirectionVEVO

US insights unless otherwise stated

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